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Cor triatriatum in an adult with mitral regurgitation and massive left atrial enlargement

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An unusual case of cor triatriatum in a 52-year-old woman is described in which the preoperative diagnosis was obscured by the presence of mitral valvular regurgitation and massive left atrial enlargement; such massive left atrial enlargement has not been reported before in this entity. Only the right pulmonary veins drained into the accessory chamber. The abnormal septum dividing the left atrium was demonstrated by two-dimensional but not M-mode echocardiography.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, 4301 X Street, Room 109R, 95817, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Bruce A. Porter & Hugo G. Bogren M.D.

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA

    Anthony N. DeMaria

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Porter, B.A., Bogren, H.G. & DeMaria, A.N. Cor triatriatum in an adult with mitral regurgitation and massive left atrial enlargement. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 6, 37–40 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552790

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